BGP Contracts in the North West

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring BGP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BGP over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 95 102
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +67
DemandTrendContract jobs citing BGP 34 32 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.54% 1.33% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.37% 10.85% 10.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 31
10th Percentile £378 £463 £350
25th Percentile £431 £488 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £509 £477
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% +6.66% +49.65%
75th Percentile £550 £518 £486
90th Percentile £593 £547 £627
England median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £48.75 £42.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% -32.26% +138.46%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

BGP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the North West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 299 295 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.58% 12.22% 14.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 196 282
10th Percentile £146 £256 £300
25th Percentile £325 £392 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £514 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +8.16% -
75th Percentile £538 £678 £565
90th Percentile £669 £838 £634
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 10
10th Percentile £22.40 £24.61 £15.72
25th Percentile £26.00 £35.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £66.50 £48.56 £16.68
Median % change year-on-year +36.94% +191.13% -47.57%
75th Percentile £67.25 £51.91 £26.44
90th Percentile £69.00 £62.80 £49.35
England median hourly rate £43.50 £54.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year -20.73% -0.23% +57.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing BGP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing BGP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing BGP

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in the North West over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing BGP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing BGP

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cumbria +16 17 £447 -13.20%
Cheshire -14 10 £475 - 2
Manchester -7 4 £375 -25.37% 5
Merseyside -3 3 £550 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (11.76%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) AWS
1 8 (23.53%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 28 (82.35%) Firewall
1 28 (82.35%) OSPF
2 18 (52.94%) EIGRP
2 18 (52.94%) IPsec
3 13 (38.24%) Cisco ASA
3 13 (38.24%) Cisco Firepower
3 13 (38.24%) HSRP
4 12 (35.29%) MPLS
5 10 (29.41%) Network Security
6 8 (23.53%) VLAN
6 8 (23.53%) WAN
7 7 (20.59%) VPN
8 5 (14.71%) DNS
8 5 (14.71%) TCP/IP
9 4 (11.76%) 3GPP
9 4 (11.76%) 5G
9 4 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (11.76%) DHCP
9 4 (11.76%) SD-WAN
9 4 (11.76%) Wireshark
General
1 6 (17.65%) Public Sector
2 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.88%) Finance
4 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.88%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Banking
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (70.59%) Network Engineer
2 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) Designer
3 8 (23.53%) Network Designer
4 4 (11.76%) Solutions Designer
5 3 (8.82%) IP Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Transmission Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Cisco Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Implementation Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) IP Network Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Network Implementation Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Network Operations Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Senior
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Data Centre
1 4 (11.76%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (11.76%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) High Availability
1 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (14.71%) ITIL
2 5 (14.71%) Roadmaps
3 4 (11.76%) Change Management
3 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
3 4 (11.76%) IT Strategy
3 4 (11.76%) ITSM
3 4 (11.76%) Network Architecture
3 4 (11.76%) Network Design
3 4 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (11.76%) Performance Optimisation
3 4 (11.76%) Project Delivery
3 4 (11.76%) Service Design
3 4 (11.76%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
3 4 (11.76%) TOGAF
3 4 (11.76%) Use Case
4 3 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (8.82%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) Perl
1 4 (11.76%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (47.06%) SC Cleared
1 16 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 14 (41.18%) CCNP
2 14 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (20.59%) Degree
4 6 (17.65%) CCIE
5 4 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (11.76%) JNCIE
5 4 (11.76%) Master's Degree
6 3 (8.82%) CCDP
6 3 (8.82%) CCNA
7 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Ansible
Vendors
1 30 (88.24%) Cisco
2 17 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 13 (38.24%) CheckPoint
4 7 (20.59%) F5
5 5 (14.71%) Fortinet
5 5 (14.71%) Meraki
5 5 (14.71%) SolarWinds
6 4 (11.76%) Arista
6 4 (11.76%) Dell
7 3 (8.82%) BMC
7 3 (8.82%) Huawei
7 3 (8.82%) Remedy
8 1 (2.94%) McAfee
8 1 (2.94%) Splunk